Climate activists award Carney, other absent world leaders ‘fossil of the day’ title

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and several other world leaders who failed to attend the UN Climate Conference in Turkey have been awarded the “fossil of the day” title.

Climate Action Network International, which has handed out the satirical award since 1999, says the award went to the “absent leaders of wealthy countries,” including Canada, Germany, France, Japan and Denmark.

Canada’s reputation as a global climate leader took a hit last year when it was awarded the “fossil of the day” award at the UN Climate Conference in Brazil.

New Zealand received the award on Monday, as Climate Action Network International says its government has dismantled its climate commitments by gutting methane targets and changing the law to shield corporations from climate litigation.